This is just one more reason I'm glad I'm not a doctor, nurse, physician's assistant, etc. Sure, they make good money, but they have to deal with gross shit like this. And think of all the other nasty things they see: hemorrhoids, infected wounds dripping pus, genital warts, yeast infections, and so on. And then they have to probe rectums, urethras, etc.

Still, I'm thankful that there are people who are willing to do this stuff. Let them have the nightmares.

True - though they totally pride themselves on being "open"/honest about everything, warts and all. Weird for sure though!

Bowser wasn't in Mario 2. Mario 2 is where Mario fights Wart in his dream. I swear they did that on purpose just to bother people like me. >_>

Seriously, of all the Mario games, they picked one of the few games that Bowser isn't in? It had to be done on purpose.

Upvote for use of the term "genital wart" in a way that made me lol.

I was always told playing with my cock would give me warts...and also playing with frogs would give me warts... That chimp is gonna need a case of Compound W.

Alright. You made some good points. Like I said, I don't know much about it and I was honestly asking because I know I'm ignorant.

It's not about healthcare as much as it's about the principle behind this whole thing.

Let me tell you about some of my religious beliefs, since you brought that up. In the New Testament, Paul's epistles to the members of the early Christian church (following Christ's death) reveal that the early church practiced what Mormons call "The Law of Consecration". It is similar to Marxism in that everyone's needs are taken care of and capitalism doesn't exist (for the sake of the public good).

I believe that there are God's laws and then there are Satan's counterfeits. Here is a little quote about it: "To me that means that whenever God creates something that is good, true, and beautiful, Satan, in his devious way, comes up with something that is false, counterfeit, and ugly, yet appears to be similar to our Father’s creation." In this case, the eternal law is consecration. You share everything you have with others. Satan's counterfeit is communism. Are you following me? I promise I'm going somewhere with this.

In the early days of my church, they tried to practice the Law of Consecration. For a while, it worked, but people began to be jealous and resentful because some people weren't working as hard or sharing fairly etc., etc. and Joseph Smith did away with it in favor of tithing. Tithing is the lower law and the law of consecration is the higher law. (I don't know how much you know about Christian theology, but it's like Moses' Law being lower until Jesus came and gave a higher law. Jesus said "turn the other cheek" and Moses said "an eye for an eye.") We pay tithing for the greater good ("us") as a sacrifice to prepare us for a time when we are righteous enough to be given the higher law again.


Tithing is 10% of our income and is used for many things. We know that our money is being used where we want it to be used and we give it voluntarily. We also give what are called Fast Offerings. That is, we fast once a month and have the choice to give the money that we saved on food to the church and the money is distributed to the needy. Most people give a lot more than they saved on food, though.

The way it works is that the Bishop interviews people who aren't doing well financially and helps them become self-reliant if they possibly can. If they can't, the church gives them money to support them until they can find a way to support themselves. Also, the Bishop will often give the person the opportunity to serve the church in some way so that they can feel as if they're earning the money. This is a good system. Satan's counterfeit is socialism. The government takes our money by force and does with it what it pleases and we have no idea what happens to most of it. Much of it goes to the rich and to those who don't deserve it and who didn't work for it. Often, our welfare system helps people who really need help and I'm delighted about that, but much of the time my money goes to the lazy, to those who abuse their own bodies with smoking and unhealthy lifestyles, to those who want a vasectomy because other forms of contraception are just too difficult for them to handle, to those whose fathers and grandfathers were on welfare, to those who won't do what it takes to get/hold a job, to corrupt politicians and rich corporations, and so many others.

Like I said before, I give a huge chunk of my money to charity. I give it VOLUNTARILY. It's not all about me, me, me. It's about what is just and what is unjust. It is unjust for people to get free handouts unless they are really in need and cannot possibly take care of themlselves. To give people stuff that they don't deserve is not doing them a favor. Indeed, it is perpetuating ignorance and laziness and co-dependency instead of the things that truly make people feel like worthwhile human beings like self-reliance and hard work. The Lord's way of service and sacrifice and benefitting the greater good makes people happy. Socialism isn't right for that reason.

But I really do believe that we need government programs for those that cannot help themselves. I just don't like the way things are looking right now. We're slipping into socialism and I don't like it one bit. I wish there was a way to fix healthcare without privatizing.

Those were my opinions, by the way. Not church doctrines. The church doesn't take a stand on political topics.

I have more to say but I'm sick of typing and I don't think you want to read it, anyway.

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Have you watched Sicko (Michael Moore, who I'm going to guess you don't like), if not, do so, it demonstrates the differences between the US and countries like ours.

I see that you have the usual right wing view of "How does it work besides you having to pay for somebody else's elective surgery?" You're coming from the viewpoint of me, me, me, rather than us, us, us.

Which, considering your strong religious views is odd, as the Christian ethos is 'do unto others as you would have done unto you'... which to me I would read 'If I were sick and couldn't afford to pay for a heart operation, I would hope that others might help me.'

Really, do you think we notice the money that goes towards public health? Nope.

Do we notice the huge difference in the cost of medicine and health care day to day for all of us here compared to places like the states? You betcha.

Really, even though you have private health cover, you should check out Sicko, it shows that just having cover doesn't mean things are going to be covered. And do you think it's right that before a doctor will perform LIFE saving procedures on you they ask about your cover, whether they'll get paid for it?

It's disgusting.

And breeding excellence is a load of absolute toss.

As I mentioned, one of my sons has a host of heart conditions, what we discovered is that we, right here in Melbourne Australia, with its public health system, not having to pay for it... we have one of the absolute BEST heart care centres in the world. The care we get for our son is second to none... really, they are superb, and we've read a lot on it, and talked to many, many people in the same boat around the world, and the quality of care in the states is no better, and the cost is far, far more.

I know which health care system I'd want.

And, by the way, I DO have private health care also, because we can afford it, and because you benefit for doing so and helping out further. And if you think that the rest of the country is paying for people to have boob jobs and the like you're very mistaken. By elective surgery, I mean things like vasectomies (very handy in keeping the ol' population down in this overcrowded world), and other things that are not life threatening, but impede the quality of life. (Um... warts being removed, wisdom teeth extracted, things like that)

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Have you watched Sicko (Michael Moore, who I'm going to guess you don't like), if not, do so, it demonstrates the differences between the US and countries like ours.

I see that you have the usual right wing view of "How does it work besides you having to pay for somebody else's elective surgery?" You're coming from the viewpoint of me, me, me, rather than us, us, us.

Which, considering your strong religious views is odd, as the Christian ethos is 'do unto others as you would have done unto you'... which to me I would read 'If I were sick and couldn't afford to pay for a heart operation, I would hope that others might help me.'

Really, do you think we notice the money that goes towards public health? Nope.

Do we notice the huge difference in the cost of medicine and health care day to day for all of us here compared to places like the states? You betcha.

Really, even though you have private health cover, you should check out Sicko, it shows that just having cover doesn't mean things are going to be covered. And do you think it's right that before a doctor will perform LIFE saving procedures on you they ask about your cover, whether they'll get paid for it?

It's disgusting.

And breeding excellence is a load of absolute toss.

As I mentioned, one of my sons has a host of heart conditions, what we discovered is that we, right here in Melbourne Australia, with its public health system, not having to pay for it... we have one of the absolute BEST heart care centres in the world. The care we get for our son is second to none... really, they are superb, and we've read a lot on it, and talked to many, many people in the same boat around the world, and the quality of care in the states is no better, and the cost is far, far more.

I know which health care system I'd want.

And, by the way, I DO have private health care also, because we can afford it, and because you benefit for doing so and helping out further. And if you think that the rest of the country is paying for people to have boob jobs and the like you're very mistaken. By elective surgery, I mean things like vasectomies (very handy in keeping the ol' population down in this overcrowded world), and other things that are not life threatening, but impede the quality of life. (Um... warts being removed, wisdom teeth extracted, things like that)

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Ah, capitalism. I could really get into that. I donno, Spoco. I'm terribly wary of a public health care system. The US doesn't always handle its public programs in the best way. Prime example: Education. Also: Welfare. I'm afraid that the quality of our health care will go down. We do have social programs for free healthcare. The government will pay and it really isn't that hard to obtain. Just ask my brother.

So if you were to break you leg tomorrow and went to an emergency room and didn't have private health cover, would you have to pay for treatment?

That's my question really... In Australia we just don't have to think about the cost of health issues really, unless it's an elective surgery, and even then most of that is covered as well, it just takes longer on public than private. Having health care so very closely entwined with private enterprise is a scary, scary thing.

Providing health care to people shouldn't be a for profit game.

No, because I wouldn't be stupid enough not to have health insurance.

No, no, no, no, no. You DO have to worry about the cost of health issues. It comes out of your paycheck every single month of your life. I'm just spewing opinions here because I've never witnessed what socialized healthcare looks like, but I believe that competition breeds excellence and innovation most of the time.

Tell me about your healthcare. How does it work besides you having to pay for somebody else's elective surgery?

Maybe you should check out this forum as another option: http://dailystrength.org/c/Mental-Retardation/support-group

In reply to this comment by choggie:
no man, you misconstrue-I am no more bitter or agitated than I ever was-Don't take it personally, you have developed a singular personality here, unlike some lazy fuckers(can name 10 off the top) who simply stay around like a damn dick wart.-I am only rascist when it comes to my fellow euro-mutt bretheren of light coneplection, who have no idea of what funny is, and whose idea of comedy is one of those dead-dog skits on snl, that keeps kicking the same joke over and over-That and folks who think BillMaher and Jon Stewart are the funniest men alive-I have always hated cheesy white-folks comedy-my own especially-

Life is suffering, so the boodah says, and seeing the rabble around this site, is pudding-proof of the veracity of that fat man seated on his ass-you have your moments, as do we all, you .....steadily dripping faucet of a mouth, you!!

In reply to this comment by blankfist:
Why so bitter all of a sudden? And so racist? Anger leads to suffering, suffering leads to pain, pain leads to the indignant bitter nerd side.

In reply to this comment by choggie:
for me anyhow, you embody the new direction of the sift my friend-congrats on your upcoming 250, I suppose......It may seem like this old timer has had it easy getting to the big 500, but then again, I pick and choose, and lose carefully, the vids I find to post-You represent the new and improved, best of the worst wih most of your contributions, and a general dumbing-down of the place in general.....IMLTHO

cheery-o, toodles, you "Remorseless Little White Boy."

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Be sure to check out the comments on vimeo. It seems EVERYONE is impressed by this cinematic masterpiece, too. I'll remember never to stray on Vimeo again lest their stupidity is communicable by the internets.

Comments:
http://www.vimeo.com/127381/

@moonsammy

Social Security *is* mis-used and it *is* horrifically broken. It isn't, however, an unnecessary burden to this country - it does a lot of good and has allowed several people that I know personally to subsist without reverting to begging their community or family for money. Perhaps this makes me biased, but I don't care - I see a benefit to the social security program in this country, warts and all.

You're seeing someone in need of money to sustain themselves, but you're not questioning the government's role in how they became that way, which is key to understanding this issue. If these people you know personally to have benefited from SS were to have retained that income throughout their life instead of having it taxed away from them, they likely would have been far better off financially and not in the situation you now use to justify Social Security in the first place. With a little self-responsibility, they could have invested that money in a personal 401k and benefited the economy and themselves far greater than if it had been taxed away from them. The minute you begin to use the argument that some people are not responsible enough to do this for themselves and need the government to step in and force all of us to do something for the "greater good," that's the moment you've forsaken liberty and entrusted a greaseball politician with your future and your children's futures. I don't trust someone else with my money to keep their promises. I don't make much money and would love to opt out of social security and take charge of my own money and retirement. But you know what, moonsammy, the government won't let me. It assumes that we are all children in need of taken care of from cradle to grave, and that we cannot spend our own money as well as they can, that we cannot choose teachers for our children as wisely as they can, that we cannot protect our property as well as they can, and they're wrong. It's an appealing concept to people, to go through life with a guardian angel called the government, but our forefathers distrusted men and government immensely because of the tyranny they had just defeated. The constitution limits the power of government explicitly. Come election season, the false promise works to greater effect than the truth. Obama will be elected, but it won't stop the greater depression of 2010 and China's subsequent rise to superpower status. Start buying your gold.

Regarding your links: wow, you're surprised I didn't read a libertarian think tank's website about the current plight of a social programs? I try to get my information from non-partisan sources.

They do cite sources underneath, you know.

I'll admit to not being a professional economic or historic analyst, but I'm pretty sure that being poor during the depression sucked massively, and that a social safety net would have been *really* useful back then.

Except you don't realize what caused the depression. It was the same government interference you trust to solve the problem. I'll also say that no it wouldn't have helped. SS would have collapsed. It would have been an incredible tax burden to those who managed to retain work. And the 25% who had no work had no income from which pay the SS tax. So many retired people wouldn't have gotten their checks, and the government would have had to borrow or inflate the money supply, debasing the purchasing power of the dollar. And remember as well that SS is a forced dependency, so no one would have had the savings that they had actually accrued in absence of SS after the depression hit. It would have decimated everyone.

I guess the thing that bothers me the most when people go around posting things about Ron Paul being idealistic, as though trusting a bunch of corporate-bought slickos to follow their own rules or genuinely care as much about you and your family as you do to be any less idealistic. Government is a necessary evil to protect people's rights, but it has no business in many of the affairs it is assuming today. The constitution held up fairly well, but time and human stupidity just proved too much. When we went from "only Gold and Silver" to central bank IOUs with nary an uprising, that was the end. The USA was the last stand on Earth. God help us all.

@BansheeX: "in the free market system, the money is transferred naturally through production and consumption, which is good for everybody"

Everybody? Really? Is it safe to assume you're talking about a scenario in which all countries have perfectly managed democratic / capitalist governments and economic systems set up? Because if any country in the world is run by a corrupt government then the free market will inevitably lead to exploitation *somewhere*. I actually agree with you that in a perfect world the free market economy would be the ideal choice, but we're presently too far from that world to effectively implement such a plan. Unless or until we can cause companies within this country to behave as good corporate citizens there's going to be inequity somewhere in the world caused by the US.

Where are the incentives in an unregulated free market for companies to not pollute other countries or cause long-term damage for short-term profit? *Some* regulation is a good thing, and in many ways necessary (there's only so much broadcast spectrum, so someone needs to regulate it's use; non-renewable resources are sometimes in international / non-owned locations; many other examples), even in a perfect world.

I also do understand that social security goes to everyone - I don't necessarily agree that it should. The program is not perfect at present, but eliminating it wholesale seems a less advisable approach than reforming it to maintain solvency, lessen its aggregate tax burden, and be hardened to abuse or use by those who haven't earned it.

You stated "Don't pass this guilt trip garbage on people, this is what gets them trusting in the government in the first place" - I wasn't trying to 'guilt trip' people, I was making an argument regarding the societal benefits of this particular program. I think blindly trusting the government is a terrible idea, and many federal programs *should* go away. Like I said: I like Ron Paul. I want to see the military reduced (though not eliminated, as that would be insane), I want to see the income tax abolished (though not, obviously, the ssa tax), I want to see the drug war eliminated at a federal level, I don't believe in government legislation of morality, etc etc. SS is a safety net / insurance program / 'retirement program' (if you insist) that tangibly benefits a large number of deserving individuals.

As to all those years before social security's advent in this country somehow being preferable? Hardly. This and the other horrible social programs of the era are largely credited with allowing for the rise of a viable middle class in the US, and the arguments I've seen have been pretty convincing. I'll admit to not being a professional economic or historic analyst, but I'm pretty sure that being poor during the depression sucked massively, and that a social safety net would have been *really* useful back then. Wouldn't have been a panacea of course, but it would have helped.

Regarding your links: wow, you're surprised I didn't read a libertarian think tank's website about the current plight of a social programs? I try to get my information from non-partisan sources. The social security program *may* have to start dipping into the *interest* earned within the trust account starting in 2018. It won't be actually bankrupt until 2052 even if no modifications are made. If the cap is raised or eliminated it will be solvent essentially indefinitely. I'm using the Congressional Business Office's analysis from around the same time as the Cato institute item you linked.

You misrepresented what I said several times - please stop doing that. At no point did I say that "SS isn't in trouble financially or a tax burden on the economy" - quote where I said anything like either of those assertions. You can't. On the contrary, I opened my comment with "so what you're saying is that you're against social security largely because it is being mis-used and is horrifically broken" - this is a direct recognition of the fact that the program does have faults. I'm just surprised that you think the way to fix it is to eliminate it.

Social Security *is* mis-used and it *is* horrifically broken. It isn't, however, an unnecessary burden to this country - it does a lot of good and has allowed several people that I know personally to subsist without reverting to begging their community or family for money. Perhaps this makes me biased, but I don't care - I see a benefit to the social security program in this country, warts and all.

Wart removal would be appreciated by me though. A good first step would be removing the corrupting influence of business within government - if it would be possible to make our representatives in charge of the country completely subservient to the will of and collective good of the citizens of the country we'd be in much better shape, unfortunately I don't see that happening soon. The business / government mix you dislike (facism, by definition) is a terrible thing.

Oh, and on the issue of gun control? I like how Israel and Norway (? might be a different northern European country, I'm working off memory) do it - everyone owns and is trained in the proper use of a gun. Completely levels the playing field, which I assume really does do an excellent job of reducing violent crime.

This post has gone way beyond too long. I apologize to everyone for my rantiness. If the VS community would prefer that BansheeX and myself (or just myself, perhaps) shut the hell up about all this I'll gladly do so - I'm open to complaints

Here's where MINK gets his, a bit late, had to shove wheat-free gluten up some hippie's sterile ass, and kill some game-now that that there is no game, guess we're eatin' crackers n' kale, you have some bitter Prussian bitch's mother to thank for us havin to suffer another mix and match, but that's a mirror's gaze away from where you sit right now, if you are reading this, you half-breed, genetically scarred wart on the planet's surface.....

So the official Roast of MINK had commenced...here follows a few opening thoughts, if you can call stream of consciousness ball-busting any effort whatsoever...

Firstly, some of the other users who chimed in without following proper decorum on past roasts only to find yer clever little asses thrown in the pool of future roastees??? That's yer dumbass, no rules readin', wanting to be noticed, luck. Get ready for the die to fall yer way at a most inopportune time, most likely when you feel really passionate about some issue you have no business touching, because of your grab-bag, anything goes, let everyone do what they think is right for them, sensibilities....fuck you , yer clock is ticking, and we may all be here with you now but wait until you have to actually open yer brain up to the chopping block.......hope ya like, foi grois of useless fat blended.....

Lithuania.
Otherwise known as Stalin's Fistfuck....yer real smart now, but just a few ticks ago, you couldn't decide yer heads from ass as it relates to yer own. Well, guess yer off the hook by now, you and every other ass-bag in the Baltics..it's a wonder someone with a computer and some time to kill, that isn't a complete wife-beating alcoholic, has enough synaptic wherewithall to be here with 2 cogent thoughts to rub together......Heh...ooops , sorry....we only have one asshole from there and he has yet to prove my wonder anything more than hopeful fantasy-

MINK fancies himself a musician, and has even given us a taste of something he feels just fine about....I listened to his theme-song, and his friends need to stop buying the shit Antanas approved for sterilizing goat nipples with back in the 30's, and try some proper grain.....oh wait, they used all barrels for bathtubs after 42'....

I have been told by the man himself, that his decision to become a vegetarian, proceeded his decision to become a vegan, after he had a wittle food poisoniong that took him to the next level, and made him face mortality at the hands of someone not wiping their ass....Is this true MINK? next time you decide to swear off meat, make sure you don't let yer girlfriend. cook for you again....speakin' a which....

in his questionairre, mink answered this when asked what he did when he was not on the computer....
"1. What do you do when you are not on the computer?

"eat vegetarian food, fuck a vegetarian, buy vegetables, that sort of thing.
And make music, but that's on a computer... so.... but I play trumpet... Into a computer"

So you hang out near a feedbag, copulate with Bossie after staelin' her grain, and hum to yerself??....that's no trumpet yer playin', it's a skin flute!!

You nall of late, well, some of you, have a problem with semantics..or tone, or whatever....lemme tell ya what it really is..Most of you were never taught how to derrive meaning from the written word....As a result, you hold some grudge against MINK for coming off, as some frustrated geezer, disillusioned with the sift, with life, with the world at large...

Get over it, you ineffectual meatbots!!! MINK is the man in your mirror that tells you how fucking ugly that mole is is from that angle(straight ahead, you can't miss a schizm like that) or how similar to methane in an elevator that last comment you pulled from Urectum was. He has a better handle on what smells anyhow, seeing as how all you poor sunsabicthces suffer from the many ailments that come with the ingestion of sweatmeats, and he himself, in all his rice-cake eatin', guilty-cheese coveting, politely cared for before being tapped for their juices loving, gonna live better than any of us because he don't kill nor go with those who do, assholes here.

Dude, you really need a vacation. Try Poland-Maybe you can find someone there that is not so pissed that they can't forgive you for your complicity with the Krauts...a deaf, dumb, blind Jewess, that owns a liquor store....

I think this video raises excellent points and does a good job of questioning something that most people take for granted: the subtle messages contained within movies. You could say that this video itself is questioning popular culture.

I'll address each person, now that I have a moment. Forgive me for the previous tone, White. I was on my way out with kids and was feeling overwhelmed by the negative response to something I see as very worthwhile. I'm blessed to have a husband who shares childcare equally, so now I can sit and write, while he puts them to bed.

Kreegath: The video never tries to imply that masculinity equals sexism. It says that when movies show the male characters as being sexist, this sends the message that men are supposed to be sexist.

Now as adults, we can see that Gaston isn't doing too well, since 'he doesn't get the girl' (another problem with movie themes that I have, but that wasn't even raised in this video) but the scene they show, is a valid one, in that he's obviously a powerful person, since he has so many flunkies running after him and the women in the bar at least think he's pretty good.

So the message the video is objecting to, is that powerful men are dominant and violent and sexist. Where in Disney movies do they show effective or powerful men as quiet, meek and physically diminutive? Even the beast, who does manage to get the prize, is a big hulking, sometimes scary figure.

BillO: Man gets girl is not the only theme in real life, right? How about man conquers mountain, or man loves his neighbour, or man is humbled by his failings, or man learns about himself through adversity? Disney movies may explore some of these themes, but they are usually the means to the first end-that man through all of this, gets the prize of the babe. So, the video is saying that the message of most Disney movies, is that to be an effective man, he needs to impress/ win the heart of the main lady. Aside from this meaning that homosexual relationships continue to be seen as not the norm (I know you don't care about this idea) it also means that all other pursuits are less important. I also have a problem with this idea, because I feel that for children, learning what it means to be a fully fledged human being through the path of self-discovery and relationships with both men and women, is the most important thing to be exposed to.

fjnbk: You and I understand that Gaston isn't the hero and maybe that becomes evident to children by the end of the movie, depending on their age, but certainly throughout the movie, Gaston is shown to be a powerful man. He has girls keen on him, he has people running around doing his bidding and he has a powerful position in the village.

White: You're right, Hercules is meant to be the strongest man in the world, according to Greek mythology and isn't it interesting that he would be chosen as a hero, as opposed to say, a character like Charlie Chaplin or more diminutive figures that previous generations saw as heroes?

Jmzero: I also feel that especially small children may not grasp the overall theme, instead accepting behaviours modeled in certain scenes. I also think that the most important point that the movie makes, which you, nor anyone else in this thread acknowledges, is that boys in particular, are being given warped models of what it means to be a man and that this can only be harmful for future generations of men. Disney movies rarely show heroes as vulnerable or weak. They don't show men overcoming their weaknesses, or learning to compensate for them,or learning to accept them somehow. I see so many people, both men and women, struggling with vulnerability, feeling that they must be strong, must always show the tough exterior/attitude, etc, or they will be beaten,used or abused and this leads to so many relationship problems.

Kids movies could be so good. But in general, they are not. I do not think they are getting any better. So long as they reinforce stereotypes and show people as one-dimensional beings, they can only get worse.

How can men and women learn to accept each other, warts and all, when from when we are babies in diapers, we are told that to succeed, we must be the fittest, the strongest and the most stunning?

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NEWFLASH! This just in... this is the internet. Quit thinking or bitching or even contemplating the nature of other people's comments. You are not the comment police, there is no comment police. There can never be a way for one person to determine what is acceptable language unless we have a dictatorship.

Screw this ad hom crap. You're (collective you) mom has warts. People that like Segways smell funny.

I think it's about 1 in 5 or something like that.

Good stats are hard to come by for a number of reasons.

First, there are over 100 identified strains of HPV. Roughly 90% of Americans will be infected with one at some point in their life.

40 of those strains are sexually transmitted. 2 of those will produce genital warts. 13 of the remaining 38 are high-risk that can lead to various forms of cancer. ASHA estimates 75% of the reproductive population will be infected with genital HPV during the course of their lives.

So we're all extremely likely to contract a form of HPV at some point and it's even more likely that we'll never know it and that it will be taken care of by our immune system.

"HPV" shouldn't scare you; "HPV-16", "HPV-18", "HPV-31", "HPV-33", "HPV-35", "HPV-39", "HPV-45", "HPV-51", "HPV-52", "HPV-56", "HPV-58", "HPV-59" and "HPV-68" should.

HPV plus a weak immune system can have very strange results.